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If you're interested in becoming an Essex Police volunteer police officer, you are invited to join us for our Special Constable recruitment information evening.
The evening will have short presentations about being a Special Constable and include information about the various roles available. There will also be advice and information about the recruitment process and an opportunity to ask questions.
Please note this is not a drop in session and if you would like to attend, you must book your place. You will receive further information once you have booked a place.
Book your place on the Special Constable recruitment information event
Our Recruitment Team and oficers will be at the below events, feel free to come along, say hello and ask any questions you have about joining the force! Full details below:
29 March 2023 9.30am to 12.30pm
Colchester Town Hall, High Street, Colchester, CO1 1PJ
30 March 2023 10am to 2pm
Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ
5 April 2023 11am to 3pm
Southend seafront
12 April 2023 11am to 3pm
Southend seafront
14 May 2023 12pm to 5pm
Brooke Parade, Chigwell, IG7 6PB
24 June 2023 12pm to 5pm
Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, CO1 1JH
1 July 2023 All day
Marine Parade West, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1RD
28 September 2023 10am to 4pm
55 Station Road, Clacton, CO15 1RS
If you’re looking to join us but need help with your application, then register for our recruitment selection workshops below.
Our workshops will offer you the chance to find out more about the recruitment and selection process for your preferred career. The recruitment team will go through the process step by step, from starting an application to joining us.
Please note, due to the current COVID-19 situation our recruitment workshops are being offered as Microsoft Teams online workshops.
Please ensure you have access to an active email address and either a mobile phone or computer device. Our priority is to make sure you are informed, safe and supported while also following the latest government guidelines.
Come along to our Encounter Essex Workshops, where will explain everything about the reality of policing, the benefits of joining Essex Police, the Recruitment process, and how to submit a successful application!
We will have an expert from the Recruitment Team to answer any of your questions and also a current serving Officer to give you an insight to the job itself!
These workshops are for those who have applied to join us on the Investigate First process.
Please ensure that you have been allocated dates for your Local Assessment before registering to attend.
For those who have applied to join us as a police constable and are awaiting their senior interview. Ensure that you have been allocated an interview date before applying for this workshop. Please note that this workshop is not suitable for candidates who are undergoing the Investigate First Process.
Book your place on one of the senior interview workshops
Essex Police will not send confirmation of this application. However, you will be sent a link, via email, on the morning of the event enabling you to join your chosen workshop.
The details that you submit will be kept by Essex Police for 2 years, after this time they will be deleted from our records. If you wish for your details to be deleted earlier, please email with the date and time of the workshop you attended and your details will be deleted.
Please check back if these dates are not suitable as further dates will be added.